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St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
terests of the Vanderbilts.

terests of the Vanderbilts However
that may be, a bird s-eye view of his career
shows, he having been an assemblyman,
candidate for lieutenant governor,
secretary of state, regent of the State
University, a minister to Japan and |
might add collector of the port Of New
York, for which post his commission was
once made out, although subsequently
torn up by President Johnson, that his
inner desire points toward political SUI
premacy and official elevation.
Many people regard his position as
president of the New York Central as
virtual bar to further political prefer
ment.
don't see it.
That it would be al surd to conceal the
coming fight between the public and
corporations I admit but | would
also be compelled TO concede stupidity
in it's highest form, and gross careless
ness in it's most rounded development,
if | were to concede that Mr.. Depew
could, for moment, imagine it were
possible that he could be at once presi-
dent of great railroad corporation,
identified with it's management for twenty
odd wears, the manipulation of all its
legislation, and at the same time be
favorably regarded for any political posi-
ton of sufficient elevation to attract his
attention He believes in attending to
one thing at time, and when he gets
ready to go into politics again he will
drop railroading for the remainder of his
life.
Depew is sometimes fiippantly spoken
of as an after dinner speaker.
Well, good after-dinner speaker is
Joy forever, and vast relief to the hum
drums that ordinarily bore the guests;
but he is much more than that. During
the past year his occasional addresses
before the alumni of his college, before
sundry and divers public assemblages,
before the members of the Press Club
and their guests at the dedication of
their burial plot in Cypress Hill Gene
terry, and his memorial Grafton at the
meeting of the Army of the Potomac in.
Saratoga, show him to be much more
than an utterer of quips and jolly say
ings when the fumes of wine are in the
head and the hallowing rings of tobacco
smoke inspire peculiar flights of oratory.
His addresses show thought, study, re-
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
THE FORCE OF SEA WAVES.
Several Illustrations Showing Their Almost
Incalculable Power.

Several Illustrations Showing Their Almost
Incalculable Power.
The engineer-in-chief to Trinity House,
Sir J. N. Douglass, gave the other day
very striking illustration of the power OF
the sea waves. He was explaining to
the committee that has recently been in
curing into the desirability of electrical
connection between lightships and the
shore some of the difficulties that beset
anv project of the kind. The force of
the sea, he observed, is almost incalcula-
BILE, and in proof of this he mentioned
that when the first Bishop Rock light
house was in course of erection they had
landed one of the iron columns, twenty
three feet long and weighing over three
tons. Wind and waves suddenly in
creased to degree which rendered it
necessary to leave the rock; but as
they were very anxious to save the
column, they hurriedly took such steps
as they could to secure it. They dashed
it in what they deemed safe position,
with half inch chain, to strong eye bolts,
and this was done at both ends OF the
ponderous mass. They left it, feeling
that it was perfectly secure, and re-
turned in three days, expecting to find it
just where they had left it. To the
amazement of everybody concerned,
however, they perceived, on sailing
round the rock, that the column had
been tossed up twenty feet on to the top
of the rock, where it was still swaying
about like piece of timber. When they
landed, two days later, they found q
further proof Of what the storm had
been capable of. In hole partially sunk
in the rock for one Of the columns, two
feet six inches in diameter and three feet
six inches deep, the blacksmith had left
his anvil, weighing one hundred weight
and a half. This had been washed out
Of the EIrchdnQe.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
GALILEE TODAY.
How the Famous Lake of Scripture Looks
in the Present Century.

How the Famous Lake of Scripture LOOKS
in the Present Century.
The lake, with it's glittering crystal and
fringe of Towering oleanders, through
whose green leaves the kingfsher may
be seen in multitudes dashing down at
the fish that glance beneath them-lles
at the bottom of a great dent or pasln IN
the earth's surface, more than 5Oo leeI
below the level of the Mediterranean.
Hence the burning and enervatlng neat
of the valley; but hence, too, the variety
of it's foliage the fertility of its soil, the
luxuriance of it's flora, the abundant mar
vests that ripen month earlier than tney
do elsewhere, and the number OF rlVulets
that tumble down the hill-sides into the
lake. The shores are now deserted. WIN
the exception of the small and decaylng
town of Tiberias- crumbling into the
last stage of decrepitude-an the
"frightful village" of Me jdel (the ancient
Magdela), where the degradation OF the
inhabitants is best shown by the fact that
the children play stark naked in the
street-there is not a single inhabited
spot on it's once crowded shores.
One miserable, crazy boat-and that
not always procurable-has replaced It's
CAV and numerous fleet AS the fish are
still abundant, no fact could show more
clearly the detected inaninity and apa-
thetc enervation of the present jewellers
upon its shores. But the natural features
still remain. The lake still lies unchanged
in the bosom of the hills, rejecting every
varying CLEAN of the atmosphere like an
opal set in emeralds; the waters are still
as beautiful in their clearness as when
the boat of Peter lay rocking on their
ripples and Jesus gazed into their crystal
depths; the cup-like basin seems to over
flow with it's flood of sunlight: the air is
still balmy with natural perfumes; the
turtle dove still murmurs in the valleys,
and the pelican fishes in the waves; and
there are palms and green fields, and
streams, and gray heaps of ruins. And
what it has lost in population and &C
tiyity it has gained in solemnity and
interest. If every vestige of human hab-
itation should disappear from beside it,
and the jackal and hyena should howl
about the shattered fragments of the
synagogues where once Christ taught,
vet the fact that He chose it as the scene
of his opening ministry will give sense
of sacredness and pathos to its lonely
waters till time shall be no more.-h1-
cHnnTe
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29

A perfect portrait Of Chauncey Mitch
ell Depew would present a picture keen,
bright, CHEEKY, thoughtful, grave and
gay by turns.
An odd combination
Yes, more than that. Unique. His
double does not, cannot exist. Barely
past the half century line, the president
of the great New York Central has the
bearing of a man of thirty, the spirits of
boy of twenty. Facts are stubborn
obstacles in the way Of diverse critics.
Fact records that this man, who may yet
hold the highest office in the gift of the
American people, has already written
his name on the roll of public usefulness
in so many different places, and along
such varying planes, as to suggest not
only his marvellous vitality, but the pc
culiar versatility of his gifts.
He was bred a lawyer.
He was born in Peekskill, in 1884, and
after being graduated by Yale, in 1856,
was sent to the assembly of his native
State, where he was made chairman of
the ways and means committee, acting
as Speaker also for some considerable
time. His frequent appearance in those
days, and ever since, upon the stump, on
the platform, in conventions and on
public occasions of divers nature, sug
gests that he has the gift of CAB. Yes,
but he is more than that. Many men
can gable; very few can speak COM
bining entertainment with instruction,
freighting the whip-sillabub of merriment
with solid wisdom of well-matured
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
SHE TRIED TO REPEAT IT.

sT have an original conundrum for you,
my dear" observed Mr.. Fangle, as he took
his seat at the dinner table.
sWhat is it ?'' asked Mrs. Fangle
"Why are Anarchists like carpetsf''
1rn have to give that up, I'm afraid"
because they ought to be put down."
''That's good one, and I'm just going to
tell Mrs. McCorkle as soon as see her.
When the ladies met, Mrs. Fangle said:
"G, I've the best conundrum for you.
Johia told it to me. Why are the Anarchists
like :carpets?"
s.Fm sure I can't tell. Why are they?'
"Because they ought to be laid"
.'Why, don't see the point" objected
MRS. McCorkle.
4 don't either, now; but it was very
funny when John told it to me-
Size has not yet discovered how she lost the
thread.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
A LESSON IN LANGUAGE

LESSON IN LANGUAGE
Teacher-James, spell transatlantic?
Observation-Disclosures.
Teacher-Define it, please, James.
Jasnes-Across the Atlantic.
Teacher-Tommy, you may spell 'transal-
pines2'
Tommy-T-r-a-n-s-a-lp-i-n-e.
Teacher-Now the definition, please.
Tommy-Across the Alps.
Teacher-That is right. Now, Dickey
Smith. spell translator"
Dicky-T-r-a-n-s-la-t-o-
REHABILITATION, Dickey.
Dieky-A cross slater.
Glass adjourns.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
MY BOY STILL.

Do you think I've forgotten the day
I carried him at my breast?
Many fair children I've loved since then,
But l think that loved him best,
For he was our first-born child, John,
And I have not the heart, or WILL
To love him less; whatever may come
He's my boy still
] remember when he was a little lad,
How he used to climb on my knee;
How proud we were of his beauty,
Of his wit and his mimicry,
Aid know quite we'll he's a man now,
With wild and stubborn will;
But whatever he is to you, John,
He's my boy still!
He was Just like sunshine about the house,
In the days of his happy youth;
You know we said that with all his faults
He had courage and love and truth,
And though he has wandered far away,
I'd rather you'd say no ill;
He is sure to come back to his mother;
He's my boy still!
l know there was never kinder heart,
And l can remember to-day
How oft he went with me apart
And knelt at my knee to pray.
And the man will do as the boy did,
Sooner or later he WILL
The Bible is warrant for that; SO
Hes my boy still
A 1nother can feel where she can't see,
She is wiser than any sage;
My boy was trained in the good old way,
Ishall certainly get my wage,
And though he has wandered far away,
And followed his hayward will,
know whatever, wherever he is,
Hes my boy still
Indianapolis Neus,
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
Doozenbury Takes No Risks.

The widow Longcotfin, of Austin, Tex,
has several marrageable daughters on her
hands. Judge Doozenbury, a wealthy old
bachelor, has been quite attentive of late, so
the widow thought she would encourage him
to propose.
Judge, why don't you marry some nice
girl and settle down in life?" she asked in
sinuatingly.
ITO tell the truth, I'm afraid. There is so
much marital infeicity in the world, )" replied
the judge nervously.
Yes, but there are also many happy mar
riages."
Jesse, but in all the happy marriages I
know of the women are married already and
have got husbands. '-Teras SJtings.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29

search and an extended vocabulary of
such proportions as to win deserved ap-
plause from all who hear him. Chauncey
Depew is much more than politician,
much more than railroad lawyer, much
more than successful executive, much
more than a jolly good fellow. He is a
nan thoroughly equipped for leadership
in life, with a following that can be
counted by scores of thousands, and his
end is not vet. HOWARD.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
California Prospects.

California, with its 10000 square miles of
territory, it's 800 miles of seacoast, its grand
Yosemite valley, its stupendous water falls,
its grand trees, its towering mountains, pre-
sents within the limits of single State all
the climates known to the universe, all the
to valleys which lie hundreds of feet below
the sea level, all the fruits between the
equator and the pole, all the minerals known
to geology. She invites the world to her
table, and all may be flled.-E1chdnge.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
HE WAS OFTEN FINED.

McCorkle-Do you know Simkins, Fan
gle2S
Fangle-Yes; he's man of culture.
MeCorkle (surprised)- Is he?
Fangle-Yes, sir. He has been before the
police court several times for being drunk
and ;iisorderly, and each time it has cost him
$40 and costs.
MeCorkle-But you said he was cultured.
Fangle-Yes, know did. It's the same
thing. He's been refined, you see.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
/. QUIPs.

Al unwelcome gathering boil.
TIE ambidextrous individual has two write
hansis.
With the cool weather, freplaces will begin
to show up in ''grate shape"
Telegraph Offices are noted places for tick,
but you have to pay cash for your messages
iuststhe same.
Associate Indian of certain tribe may be
spoken of as grave Digger
Ascontemporary has an article on How
10 Make Death Agreeable" We have not
read it, but the method advised Is doubtless
to leave large fortune to your heirs
WILLIAM III. STvITER.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
An Argument.

A ludicrous argument took place recently
between two colored newsboys, at the ma
tional capital.
"Jim," demanded one characterization of
the other, "who was de fus man?'
"Gawge Washington, couser' (scorn-
fully.
"Twant nudder; it was Adam!"
IL tell We l knows bettah; faw de Bible
an de Biography bofe say dat Gawge was fus
in war, fus in peace n fus in somtin else, l
disremember jis' w at !"-Ezchange.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
Fondness for Dogs.

The Greek premier, N. Deliyannis, is a
great lover of dogs. Some little while ago
he was taking trip from the Pir@us in a
steamer, when large dog belonging to him
fell overheard. In vain the ex-premier of
Greece begged the captain to stop. Il can't
do that for dog" was the reply. "Then
you must do it for me- said N. Deliyannis,
that the ship stopped, and both dog and
statesman were saved.-Exchange.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
A Disappointment.

DR.. Parker's first sermon in Brooklyn was
a disappointment. His memorial address on
Beecher, however, filled and passed all ex-
pectations. Tt was magnificent effort,
worthy of the occasion, worthy of the great
London preacher, worthy of the great man
whom America holds among the mightlest OF
her dead.-Erchange. n
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
WHAT SHE FAVORED.

DeWiggs-Aw, Miss Susie, I've been read
ing, aw, of incneration. Are you-aw-in
favor of cwemation, aw?
Susie-Yes Mr.. DeWiggs, I am in favor
of a certain kind Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
tion,2 that is.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
IN LIGHTER VEIN.
HE KNEW WHY.

Jones-The stuff in pawnbroker's shop
may be called "watered stock" Briggs.
Briggs-Why, Jones?
Jones-Because it is sin soak"
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
SHE THOUGHT so.

He4-Mamie, dear, don't you think love in
a cottage will be grand?
She-Perfectly lovely, Tom. Let's have
Queen Anne cottage, with all the modern i'm
provements.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
HE KEEPS COOL.

professor Snippit is always calm" re-
marked McFiddleton HE never allows
himself to become heated in debate"
THAT is easily accounted for replied
Eigglsr.
How ?'
He keeps school, you know"
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29

Use sin as it will use you-spare it not, for
it will not spare you; it is your murderer,
and the murderer of the world; kill it. or it
will kill you-Richdrd Batter.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEW.
HOWARD'S ESTIMATE OF THE
GREAT RAILROAD MAN.

Bred a Lawyer, his Friends Regard Him
as a Born Politician-Secretaryo of State
for New York-Vanderbilt's Interest in
Him-Public Positions He Has Held.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
WHY HE GAVE IT THAT NAME.

why did Hawthorne name one of his
stories The Scarlet Letter." asked Mrs.
Fangie.
Because he wanted it red," promptly re-
piled her husband.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29
QUITE LIKELY.

Bipper-I see it stated that the game of
chess was invented in the year 60S B. c.
Pol5sonby-Is that so? Then the man who
inverted it has perhaps finished the first
game by this time.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-10-29

Prince Charles of Sweden is the hand
soonest man in Europe.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-05-28
STATE AND COAST ITEMS


A six legged horse 10 on exhibition
in Woodland.
Three suicides at Butte, Montana,
within the past week.
The snow lies from three to ten feet
deep in the National Park on the
Yellowstone.
Wheat is very scarce in Arizona. A
dealer in Phenix recently received an
order for twenty carloads. but could
not ill it.
A vein of solid ore six feet in width
has been found near Ouray, Colorado,
which is pure gray copper and brittle
silver. This ore will run at least 81.
900 per ton.
The name of General P. E. Conner,
the old Indian fighter, 10 prominently
mentioned for Mayor of Salt Lake, as
Democratic-Republican, snti-Mor-
mon candidate. He is man Of ability,
honest and fearless.
The Austin Reveills says: The mines
at Ophir Canyon never had better
prospects or had in sight such large
bodies of orc.
The Sheriff of Lander county offers
a reward of 5000 for the arrest of
Rafaelle Bianchi, who shot and killed
Giavanni Mascara at Cortez on the 9Th
instant.
The Denver assays of ore from the
Sueno mine, recently discovered near
San Diego, CAL, yield $1,O8 to the
ton in gold, silver and copper.
Philip Richards, the banker, who
was assaulted at Nevada City, CAL,
by unknown parties about three weeks
ago and rendered totally blind, is in q
precariOus condition, and it 10 thought
he cannot recover.
DIR. Thoma, of Eureka, has resigned
as County Physician, to take effect
June LIST. 1t is supposed that his pa
tients all left him and struck out for
livlier camp. AS for the Doctor
himself. he will try Reno a whack.
William Bauer was arrested in San
Francisco last Wednesday for waylay-
ing and outrageously insulting school
girls. He caught thirteen. ysar-old
miss and tried to drag her under a
bridge, but the frightened child and
her companions shrieksd so loudly as
to attract the police.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-05-28
The Timtie Lymchers.

The Salt Lake Democrat of the 18th
says: The Tintic lynchers were taken
before Justice Henderson in the First
District Court on Saturday last and
sentences pronounced, viz: Red Patsy
Harrington and Pat Rcgan, eleven
years each: John T. Harrington and
Pat Quinlan, seven years each; and
Phillip Green. five years. They are
now located in the "Pen" and their
terms of confinement commenced.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-05-28

We. don't like to see young men sit
ting in front Of a saloon staring 1t
ladies as they pass By and criticising
their dress and gait.
We don't like to see boys from 8
years of age and upward providing
around saloons and watching to see
what is going on inside.
We don't like to see OF hear Of boys
between 8 and Is years of age skulking
around Chinatown after dark, begging
candy, cigarettes and fire-crackers, for
this will surely lead to something
worse.
We don't like tie see young girls
from 12 years upward gadding the
streets after dark. The proper place
for them is under the parental roof,
and they should be made to stay there.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-05-28
Miners Wanted.

Miners are getting scarce in this
country. This week the Supt. of tho
Sprucemont mines wrote Us to post up
notices that he wanted 90 good miners
there. We did not post the notices
for the reason that there are no idle
miners in Taylor. Indeed, q number
OF good ones could And employment
here now. The cause of this scarcity
we attribute to the low rate (33) Of
wages paid. Good miners are drifting
away 10 other localities where. If the
wages are ne higher, they can live
much cheaper. Nevada 10 not %
country. and Taylor, especially, is too
high q place TO live in at that figure.
The consequences is good miners will
drift away to more favored localities,
and, instead of having the best, as In
times past, the outlaying Nevada
camps will have to employ men who
know nothing of mining, and who will
he dearer article at 90 than men who
know their business at a. But if the
companies most interested can stand
II, the public surely have no right to
complain.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-05-28
THE ASYLUM INVESTIGATION.
The Commission sxonerate DE-. bishop
IN = Preliminary Report.


IN Preliminary Report.
The following report of the Insane
Asylum Commissioners was filed at
the Treasurer's office on the 22d
State of Nevada. Office of the Com.
mission for the Care of the INDECENT
Insane of the State.
CARSON CITY, May 81, 1887.
The Board of Commissioners for the
Care of the Insane of the State, having
fully Investigated the charges prefer
red by VIM. Thompson against DIR.
Simon Bishop, Superintendent of the
Insane Asylum on the Sd instant, aud
having patiently heard the testimony,
pro and con, of thirty-three witnesses,
duly sworn and examined. the respec.
tive parties having at all stages of the
examination efficient counsel, and the
Board having now fully considered the
said charges and the evidence adduced
on the hearing thereof, does now con-
slider and decide that said evidence
does not sustain said charges, or any
of them.
The interest manifested by the gen.
eral public on this investigation shows
how sensitive our people are as to the
care of the most unfortunate wards of
the State, and justly 50.
The board believing that the entire
population of Nevada are not only in
terested in the matter, but feel deep
interest, and that the testimony in full
is given and the hearing should be
presented to them in pamphlet form,
have made this preliminary report and
decided to have the proceedings had
on the hearing of such charges, includ-
ing all the evidence adduced, printed
for general distribution among the
people at the earliest possible date.
A fuller report will follow.
c. G. STEVENSON, Governor.
J. F. HALLoCK, State Controller.
GEO. TUFLY, State Treasurer.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-05-28

The Salt Lake Tribune of May 10Th
says: 1.-TWO carloads Of silver-lead ore
we're received by M. II. Lipmsn yes
terday from his mine The Morning
Star, In the Kingsley District, Nevada,
which was sampled at Conklin's sam
ping mills at Sunday. The ore aver
ages 100 ounces silver to the ton, and
thirty per cent. lead. THIS is regarded
as second grade ore. Two lots Of ore
from the same mine were shipped in
to the smelters few days ago which
went 100 ounces silver and larger
per cent lead than yesterdays lot
Other shipments will he made regu-
larry hereafter. The mine has but one
working, t50. foot shaft, at the bot
tom Of which the ore assays BOA ounces
silver and sixty-four per cent. lead.
This is rs deep AS will he sunk with
TIE present hand apparatus for hoist
ing, but il is intended to erect hosting
works very soon. Yesterdays ship
ment of ore was taken from a drift on
the vein. Two drifts are being run,
one east and one west. each on the vein,
in ore" N. II. Lipman IS an old time
Coms'ocker; also. he was at one time
largely interested in the Golden Fleece
and ather mines 10 Peavine. For some
years past he has been prospecting In
Utah and Eastern Nevada. He seems
now to have what he has all along
been looking for, namely, good pay
ing mine.
Kinsley District is in Elko county,
so miles northeast of Cherry Creek.
1t was first discovered by N. Kinsley 81
Duck Creek.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-05-28
Death Of Charles =. Meyers.

Charles F. Meyers, Treasurer of Lin
csln county, was found dead reclining
In his chair in his office in Phoebe on
the morning of the 18th. He APP
parently died while asleep of rheuma-
tism of the heart, six or eight hours
before he was found. The deceased
was well known to all old White
Piners He and Controller Hallock
were In business in Treasure City
during the mining excitement from
1868 to 1870, and was Postmaster
there up 70 1878, when he went to
Pieche, and he was Postermaster at
the latter place up to 1885. All who
knew Charley Meyers will be panied
TO the hear of his death.